69 families were thrown out for defaulted bills last year

207 families were evicted from their apartments "for maliciously defaulting their bills" by utilities services in 2009, first deputy utilities minister Henadz Lyapunou told reporters in Minsk. Henadz Lyapunou: “525,000 warnings were issued in 2009; 207 families were evicted, including 138 families into smaller living quarters and 69 families were evicted without providing any housing”.

The citizens of Belarus indebted Br34 billion in utilities bills in 2009, the deputy minister said.